The Sunday Briefing: Diego "diegoaiz" Aizenberg Captures Second Sunday Million Crown
Winning the PokerStars Sunday Million is an impressive achievement. Winning it twice is downright remarkable. That was the story this weekend as Diego "diegoaiz" Aizenberg captured the title for a second time, the first having been in September 2008 for $148,849.49. This time around, Aizenberg collected $243,396.43. Over at Full Tilt Poker , "Mr Boogerz" took down the largest prize of the weekend by winning the $1,500,000 Guarantee for $307,584.
PokerStars Sunday Million
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+$15 8,273 $1,654,600
Place Player Prize
1 Diego "diegoaiz" Aizenberg $243,396.43
2 tonho32 $177,869.50
3 LennanAlm $124,095
4 Thierry "BOKPOWER" van den Berg $82,730
5 Jim "jimbo1420069" Casement $66,184
6 JCSeelbach $49,638
7 Dercampb $33,092
8 kam3047 $18,200.60
9 fishvirus $12,823.15
Notable Finishes: Jonathan "TherookieQQ9" Plens (11th - $8,769.38), Ravi "govshark2" Raghavan (14th - $6,535.67), Happymon32 (20th - $3,640.12)
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+$15 4,634 $926,800
Place Player Prize
1 narbe86 $145,398.49
2 Andrew "RunThisTable" Lichtenberger $107,972.20
3 Dean "dean23price" Price $76,461
4 mikki696 $52,364.20
5 Chris "d0r1t0s" McClung $39,389
6 SLOligarh $30,121
7 Pr0fiteer $20,853
8 _Chapa_26 $11,585
9 Nels316 $7,414
Notable Finishes: Leandro "AmarulaBR" Balotin (11th - $5,560.80), Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen (13th - $4,170.60), Nick "PureCash25" Rampone (18th - $2,780.40)
PokerStars Sunday 500
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$500+$30 962 $500,000
Place Player Prize
1 Willy Banaan $87,400
2 Jordan "Jymaster11" Young $63,500
3 Mike "munchenHB" Telker $47,500
4 MindFeeling $35,500
5 LSgambler $25,000
6 Mr. C. Brown $20,000
7 Skipaway99 $15,000
8 Joseph "JBlaze20" Chaplin $10,000
9 Monk532 $5,740
Notable Finishes: Seth "SFisch4" Fischer (14th - $3,750), Brian "brianm15" England (23rd - $2,100), Mohsin "sms9231" Charania (24th - $2,100), Tim "Tim0thee" Adam (25th - $2,100), Chris "RuberbandMan" DeMaci (26th - $2,100)
PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+$15 1,395 $279,000
Place Player Prize
1 "88k" $50,443.20
2 Castor $36,549
3 Vinkyy $27,900
4 Jason "JP OSU" Potter $20,925
5 Gualter "Gualter S." Salles $14,647.50
6 westy14 $11,857.50
7 kinheim $9,067.50
8 Jordan "iMsoLucky0" Morgan $6,277.50
9 Andrew "Browntown19" Brown $3,906
Notable Finishes: Josh "jdsmith9" Smith (10th - $2,650.50), Ryan "g0lfa" D'Angelo (12th - $2,650.50), Michael "dapalma150" Palma (16th - $1,534.50)
PokerStars $109+R NL Hold'em ($300K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$100+$9 1,152 $413,500
Place Player Prize
1 Sasuke234 $75,670.50
2 Rayan "rkruok" Nathan $54,995.50
3 Jeff "jeff710" Hakim $41,350
4 bobbybagpipe $31,012.50
5 Jamie "pokerjamers" Armstrong $21,708.75
6 pablox55 $17,573.75
7 patawkubakia $13,438.75
8 Banderivets $9,303.75
9 WushuTM $5,789
Notable Finishes: Ravi "govshark2" Raghavan (10th - $4,135), Joe "hoodini10" Udine (11th - $4,135), Steven "stevejpa" Paul (15th - $3,308)
Full Tilt $1,500,000 Guarantee (Multi-Entry)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+$16 9,612 $1,922,400
Place Player Prize
1 Mr Boogerz $307,584
2 Caio Brites $211,464
3 Toty0611 $149,947.20
4 BeckReloaded $109,576.80
5 Tyler "TheBrain" Cornell $80,740.80
6 PIPERSTARK $57,672
7 bz833 $40,370.40
8 Alex "TheAssassinato" Fitzgerald $27,874.80
9 jambrose55 $19,608.48
Notable Finishes: Frank "Frank1The1Tank" Calo (12th - $13,456.80), Alex “-AKwow-” Kim (14th - $9,996.48), XWINK (16th - $7,305.12), Justin "robert07" Young (17th - $7,305.12), Michael "benvo123" Benvenuti (26th - $5,094.36)
Full Tilt Sunday Brawl
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$240+$16 2,676 $535,200
Place Player Prize
*1 Exan13 $75,982.21
*2 mimatadero $73,388.99
*3 lindah3 $81,300
4 aviator0925 $39,069.60
5 Dk4884 $27,295.20
6 BustedWadZ $18,196.80
7 fly44 $12,309.60
8 MrSwain666 $8,563.20
9 Nakkehai $6,422.40
*denotes three-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Leandro "AmarulABr" Balotin (16th - $1,980.24), Jordan Morgan (28th - $1,391.52), Cyriel "Supa4real" Dohem (33rd - $1,391.52)
Full Tilt $200,000 Guarantee (Rebuy)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$150+$13 529 $256,050
Place Player Prize
1 Keven "Stamdogg" Stammen $64,012.50
2 Stan "stanman420" Lee $39,687.75
3 NeverBettor $28,805.63
4 KenobiJr $22,404.38
5 Angela1987 $16,643.25
6 Jonathan Karamalakis $12,162.38
7 n0st0pp1n $7,937.55
8 Michael "grindtherail" Lavin $6,401.25
9 Sirocko $4,992.98
Notable Finishes: Cristiano "crisbus" Guerra (10th - $2,816.55), James "P0KERPR0" Campbell (11th - $2,816.55), Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick (13th - $2,176.43), Ryan "ryanwelch" Welch (18th - $1,536.30)
Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+$16 1,001 $200,200
Place Player Prize
1 Yorane "viirusss" Kerignard $45,045
2 -StAr3k- $28,528.50
3 SteFior73 $21,121.10
4 dfunks222 $16,516.50
5 Nicky "cod meharly" Evans $12,512.50
6 Kevin "Wu_Wizard" MacPhee $9,009
7 ThrillCory90 $6,006
8 Simonvk $4,504.50
9 WHOPPWHOPP $3,203.20
Notable Finishes: John Racener (17th - $920.92)
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